Continued from the first page for the Independent Spirit Awards, listing winners from 1998 through 2005.
1997
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Sling Blade
BEST FEATURE
Fargo
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel Coen for Fargo
BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
Heather Matarazzo for Welcome to the Dollhouse
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Frances McDormand for Fargo
BEST MALE LEAD
William H. Macy for Fargo
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Elizabeth Peña for Lone Star
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Benicio Del Toro for Basquiat
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Secrets & Lies (directed by Mike Leigh)
"TRUER THAN FICTION" DOCUMENTARY AWARD
When We Were Kings
1996
BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Brothers McMullen
BEST FEATURE
Leaving Las Vegas
BEST DIRECTOR
Mike Figgis for Leaving Las Vegas
BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
Justin Pierce for Kids
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Elisabeth Shue for Leaving Las Vegas
BEST MALE LEAD
Sean Penn for Dead Man Walking
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Mare Winningham for Georgia
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Benicio Del Toro for The Usual Suspects
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Before the Rain (directed by Milcho Manchevski)
1995
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Spanking the Monkey (directed by David O. Russell)
BEST FEATURE
Pulp Fiction
BEST DIRECTOR
Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction
BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
Sean Nelson for Fresh
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Linda Fiorentino for The Last Seduction
BEST MALE LEAD
Samuel L. Jackson for Pulp Fiction
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Dianne Wiest for Bullets Over Broadway
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Chazz Palminteri for Bullets Over Broadway
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Trois couleurs: Rouge (directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski)
1994
BEST FIRST FEATURE
El Mariachi
BEST FEATURE
Short Cuts
BEST DIRECTOR
Robert Altman for Short Cuts
BEST ACTRESS
Ashley Judd for Ruby in Paradise
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges for American Heart
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Lili Taylor for Household Saints
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Lloyd for Twenty Bucks
BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Piano
1993
BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Waterdance
BEST FEATURE
The Player
BEST DIRECTOR
Carl Franklin for One False Move
BEST ACTRESS
Fairuza Balk for Gas Food Lodging
BEST ACTOR
Harvey Keitel for Bad Lieutenant
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alfre Woodard for Passion Fish
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Steve Buscemi for Reservoir Dogs
BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Crying Game
1992
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Straight Out of Brooklyn (directed by Matty Rich)
BEST FEATURE
Rambling Rose
BEST DIRECTOR
Martha Coolidge for Rambling Rose
BEST ACTRESS
Judy Davis for Impromptu
BEST ACTOR
River Phoenix for My Own Private Idaho
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Diane Ladd for Rambling Rose
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
David Strathairn for City of Hope
BEST FOREIGN FILM
An Angel at My Table (directed by Jane Campion)
1991
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Metropolitan (directed by Whit Stillman)
BEST FEATURE
The Grifters
BEST DIRECTOR
Charles Burnett for To Sleep With Anger
BEST ACTRESS
Anjelica Huston for The Grifters
BEST ACTOR
Danny Glover for To Sleep With Anger
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sheryl Lee Ralph for To Sleep With Anger
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bruce Davison for Longtime Companion
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Sweetie (directed by Jane Campion)
1990
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Heathers
BEST FEATURE
Sex, Lies and Videotape
BEST DIRECTOR
Steven Soderbergh for Sex, Lies and Videotape
BEST ACTRESS
Andie MacDowell for Sex, Lies and Videotape
BEST ACTOR
Matt Dillon for Drugstore Cowboy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laura San Giacomo for Sex, Lies and Videotape
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Max Perlich for Drugstore Cowboy
BEST FOREIGN FILM
My Left Foot
1989
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Mystic Pizza
BEST FEATURE
Stand and Deliver
BEST DIRECTOR
Ramon Menendez for Stand and Deliver
BEST ACTRESS
Jodie Foster for Five Corners
BEST ACTOR
Edward James Olmos for Stand and Deliver
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rosanna De Soto for Stand and Deliver
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Lou Diamond Phillips for Stand and Deliver
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Wings of Desire (directed by Wim Wenders)
1988
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Dirty Dancing
BEST PICTURE
River's Edge
BEST DIRECTOR
John Huston for The Dead
BEST ACTRESS
Sally Kirkland for Anna
BEST ACTOR
Dennis Quaid for The Big Easy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anjelica Huston for The Dead
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Morgan Freeman for Street Smart
BEST FOREIGN FEATURE
My Life as a Dog
1987
BEST FIRST FEATURE
She's Gotta Have It (directed by Spike Lee)
BEST FEATURE
Platoon
BEST DIRECTOR
Oliver Stone for Platoon
BEST ACTRESS
Isabella Rossellini for Blue Velvet
BEST ACTOR
James Woods for Salvador
SPECIAL DISTINCTION
Room With a View
1986
BEST PICTURE
After Hours (directed by Martin Scorsese)
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel Coen for Blood Simple
BEST ACTRESS
Geraldine Page for The Trip to Bountiful
BEST ACTOR
M. Emmet Walsh for Blood Simple
SPECIAL DISTINCTION
Kiss of the Spider Woman